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Now that I've experienced what other places have to offer, I definitely agree! I hope to be able to contribute to this community as much as this community has contributed to my tank!
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Now that I've experienced what other places have to offer, I definitely agree! I hope to be able to contribute to this community as much as this community has contributed to my tank!
So I just ran across your thread and love the build so far! It's funny you mention this roller cart because I just watched the same video a few days ago and immediately hopped on Amazon to get a cart myself! It seems like a great idea! Most of my supplies are downstairs in my basement and my current tank is upstairs. I'm currently in the process of upgrading from a Biocube 16 to RSR 250. Over the 1.5 years that I've had my Biocube up, I noticed that as time went by, I got lazier and lazier about changing out media and other sporadic maintenance tasks solely on the fact that I needed to go back downstairs to get certain items. I think this is a great solution to that in order to keep some items that are used more frequently upstairs and out of the way!I have to admit, so far this little cart is my favorite thing I've done since I started the tank. The idea came from a BRSTv video about organization. Thomas, one of the BRSTv Hosts, shows off his reef cart and how he uses it to easily maintain his equipment. I ordered a cart from amazon and as soon as it arrived I realized just how much I didn't realize I needed it.
I keep my test kits on the bottom shelf (Hanna Cal, Phos, & Alk; Red Sea Marine Care & Foundation Pro) with a bottle of RODI, testing beakers & syringes, and scissors & a microfiber glass cleaner for the hanna checker packets. I also tuck my DT and QT notebooks in there.
On the middle shelf I store my food and tank maintenance dose bottles. You can also see my measuring spoons and cups hanging off the side.
On the top shelf I have the tank magnet and a role of paper towels. I usually use the top as a table to use while testing if I want to test right next to the tank. For testing, I usually role the cart to the tank, fill a beaker with tank water, then to the bathroom where I fill a beaker with RODI water, and then to the table where I sit down and start doing each test. It makes it all so much easier.
Are there any tips or tricks you found that really made things easier for you?
I think hanging lights is a better option
I don't like the idea of any lights hanging from something mounted to the glass. No need to stress it any more than it already is holding back the water. If you attach the hangers to the stand, I'm ok with that, but I don't mind seeing them hanging from the ceiling on wires either.
Looks great!!Last night was tiring to say the least. I never realized how annoying it would be to drill above my head lol. Anyway, I got the light up and ready for whenever it is I turn them on. I wanted to get them hung up so I can install the cable track and be able to have the cables neatly hidden as part of my current project (the controller panel).
Now I have to work on the cable diagram I'm going to use to make everything neat and safe. Hopefully that will be installed next week right before the clowns move into the tank.
I was slightly aware of this. I read that if they are raised together/QT'd together they should be okay. I'm still not certain I'm willing to add them if they're just going to kill each other. Do you have a suggestion for another schooling fish I can replace them with? I'm just looking for a group that will add a cool shimmer to the tank as they swim together.Chromis can be killers to their own kind until there is only one. It doesn't always happen but it does happen often.
The two tangs will be added together at a small size. I'm mainly concerned with their possible aggression at the fish I add after them, but they will be the largest in the tank. Is the aggression something that wouldn't really happen since no one I add will be bigger than them?As for tangs, I've always had issues with them when ever I add a large fish to the tank. But after a period of time they seem to back off. I would add them both at the same time though if you can. Purple's can be very aggressive.
ahahaha! I've heard this about clowns and I'm not sure how mine are going to ask. They don't attack my hand when I place it into the QT tank, but I know they don't feel like they have a territory yet, so that can be why. My female likes to swim around my wrist when I'm trying to clean the bottom of the tank. I imagine she'll turn into a wrist biter once she gets into the DT prima donnaEdit: Oh and my female Frostbite clown is the meanest fish in my tank